Systematic preparation of patients for psychotherapy- I. Effects on therapy behavior and outcome

摘要: OUR PREVIOUS studies have suggested that certain effects of psychotherapy and placebos on psychiatric outpatients may depend the potentiation activation patient’s favorable expectations.(Q) GOLDSTEIN(~) has pointed out important role played by expectations he will improve, receive a type treatment, that. thergpist behave in ctrtain ways. This paper reports controlled study pre-treatment interview designed to clarify their increase congruence behavior with therapists’ as how patients should act. We tested hypotheses such an would favorably affect during therapy outcome after four months treatment. Because diversity ambiguities public conceptions mental illness psychotherapy, reach psychiatrist’s office wide variety attitudes expectations. Only most sophisticated are perfectly clear about why they there what expect (Ref. 4. p. 128). Less unrealistic for improvement: not understand therapeutic process@) be bewildered procedure differs only from usual medical treatment but customary social interactions. As LENNARD BERNSTEIN comment 6, 26) : “Dissymetry interferes task, can actually lead premature death system.” might reason who less educated different cultural background than therapists tend terminate prematurely.(‘W)